For Immediate Release
Included in this announcement:
(1) Summary of Upcoming Presentations, Classes, Tours, and Other Activities
(2) Details on Upcoming Activities
(1) SUMMARY OF UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, CLASSES, TOURS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
(For details on each activity see the DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
section below.)
On-going: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups.
[The "Prehistory of the Southwest" class that originally was scheduled for
July 5-September 6 has been rescheduled to July 19-September 20 – See
updated listings below.]
July 15, 2011 Library Presenters free children’s presentation "What is an
Archaeologist?" at Pima County Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch,
Green Valley, Arizona*
July 19-September 20, 2011 Tuesdays (Rescheduled from July 5) "Prehistory
of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center
July 20, 2011 Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not
in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for
Pima County Public Library - Mission Branch, Tucson*
July 21, 2011 “Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public Library, Oro
Valley, Arizona
July 27, 2011 “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public
Library, Oro Valley, Arizona
July 28, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public Library, Oro
Valley, Arizona
August 6, 2011 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation
byarchaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County Natural Resources Parks and
Recreation at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson*
September 15, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food
for Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “The Ballcourt Society
and the Ritual Creation of Hohokam Culture” with archaeologist Henry D.
Wallace
Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, & Dec. 17, 2011 plus 5 Saturdays between Jan.
7 & May 19, 2012 “Cultural Resources Survey Techniques and Practice” 60-hr
class at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center & at fieldwork areas within 70
miles of Tucson
September 23, 2011 “Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall
Equinox Archaeological Sites” guided tour with archaeologist Allen Dart,
northwest Tucson metro area
October 1, 2011 Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with
flintknapper Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 4-December 6, 2011 Tuesdays "Prehistory of the Southwest: The
Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona" class with archaeologist Allen Dart
at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
October 13, 2011 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces”
free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Arizona Archaeological
Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix*
October 20, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: (Guest speaker & Tucson
restaurant to be announced)
November 12, 2011 "Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo
Ruins” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, Phoenix area
November 17, 2011 Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for
Thought” dinner & free presentation, Tucson: “Soil Changes in Ancient
Agricultural Systems of the American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey
Homburg
November 19, 2011 Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist
Allen Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
December 3, 2011 “White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon &
Mesquite Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen
and Allen Dart, Waddell-Buckeye-Goodyear area, Arizona
December 22, 2011 “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks
Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, northwest
Tucson metro area
January 10, 2012 “Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam
Indians” free presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Agua Fria
Chapter, Ariz. Archaeological Society, at Glendale Public Library,
Glendale*
January 26, 2012 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart for Verde Valley Chapter, Arizona
Archaeological Society, at Sedona Public Library, Sedona, Arizona*
March 14, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart for Desert Foothills Chapter,
Arizona Archaeological Society, Cave Creek, Arizona*
March 22, 2012 “Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart at
Queen Valley RV Resort in Queen Valley (east of Apache Junction), Arizona
March 31, 2012 “Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart for Arizona Site Stewards Conference in Winslow, Arizona
* Asterisked programs may be sponsored by organizations other than Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center.
(2) DETAILS ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
ON-GOING: OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig, OPENOUT archaeology
presentations, and guided tours of archaeological sites for children’s
groups.
Reservations are being taken for school classes and other children’s
groups to experience the OPEN3 simulated archaeological dig education
program, to have archaeologists come to your classrooms to provide
OPENOUT archaeology outreach presentations, and to take guided tours to
local archaeological sites. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center offers a
hands-on simulated archaeological excavation program field trip in which
students apply social studies, science, and math skills in a practical,
real-life situation, as well as in-classroom archaeology outreach
presentations. For more information visit the following Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center web pages:
OPEN3 Simulated Excavation for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/open3.html
Classroom Outreach - "Ancient People of Arizona":
http://www.oldpueblo.org/azplp.html
Classroom Outreach "What is an Archaeologist?"
http://www.oldpueblo.org/whatarch.html
Classroom Outreach “Lifesyle of the Hohokam”Classroom outreach presentation
http://www.oldpueblo.org/lifestyles.html
Site Tours for Classrooms
http://www.oldpueblo.org/sitetour.html
Tuesdays July 5-September 6, 2011
The "Prehistory of the Southwest" class that originally was scheduled for
July 5-September 6 has been rescheduled to July 19-September 20. The
updated listing appears below.
Friday July 15, 2011
Library Presenters free children’s presentation by Sherry Eisler, Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center: "What is an Archaeologist?" at the Pima County
Public Library, Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Canada
Drive, Green Valley, Arizona
2-3 p.m. Free.
“What Is an Archaeologist?” is a presentation designed to give children
an idea of what archaeologists do, how they do it, and how they learn
about people through their work. The presentation includes examples of
the tools archaeologists work with, real and replica artifacts, and
activities to help children experience how archaeologists interpret the
past. Presented by Tucson’s not-for-profit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center.
For event details contact Children's Librarian Michelle Creston in Green
Valley at 520-594-5295 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesdays July 19 through September 20, 2011
(Rescheduled from July 5-September 6)
"Prehistory of the Southwest" class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School
District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north
of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday July 19 through Sept. 20, 2011 Fee $50
($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary
members), not counting cost of the recommended text. Minimum enrollment
8, maximum 32.
A series of 10 "Prehistory of the Southwest" class sessions will be
offered by archaeologist Allen Dart in this Tuesday series of "Prehistory
of the Southwest" is an introductory course in the study of the American
Southwest, developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society to provide a
basic overview of this region's archaeology and cultures. The class
includes discussions of cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence
strategies, development of urbanization, abandonments of different areas
at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural
groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years.
Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of Southwestern prehistory for
anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be
used as prerequisite for all other courses offered to members of the
Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) enrolled in or interested in
enrolling in the AAS Certification Program.
Reservations required, registration deadline June 28: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Wednesday July 20, 2011
Library Presenters free presentation: “Set in Stone but Not in Meaning:
Southwestern Indian Rock Art” by archaeologist Allen Dart for Pima County
Public Library - Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road, Tucson
1:30 to 3 p.m. Free
Archaeologist Allen Dart, Executive Director of Tucson, Arizona’s
nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, illustrates pictographs (rock
paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks), and
discusses how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American
perspectives. Sponsored by the Pima County Public Library.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Librarian Lupita
Guerrero in Tucson at 520-594-5325 or [log in to unmask]; for
information about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at
Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday July 21, 2011
“Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 West
Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free
Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, archaeologist Allen Dart
shows Native American ceramic styles that characterized specific eras in
Arizona prehistory and history, and discusses how archaeologists use
pottery for dating archaeological sites and interpreting ancient
lifeways. Allen discusses the importance of context in archaeology, how
things people make change in style over time, and how different styles
are useful for identifying different cultures and for dating pottery.
Then he shows illustrations and examples of the pottery styles that were
made in southern Arizona by the ancient Early Ceramic and Hohokam
cultures, and historically by Piman (Tohono O odham and Akimel O odham),
Yuman (including Mohave and Maricopa), and Apachean peoples from as early
as 800 B.C. into the early twentieth century. The program features slides
and a display of authentic prehistoric pottery, and recommended readings
for more information about ancient ceramics.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Adult Services
Librarian Mary Kim Dodson in Oro Valley at 520-229-5304 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Wednesday July 27, 2011
“Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art” free
presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public Library,
1305 West Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free
Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols
carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for
which meanings are known. But are such claims supported by archaeology or
by Native Americans themselves? Archaeologist Allen Dart illustrates
southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same
rock art symbol may be interpreted differently from popular, scientific,
and modern Native American perspectives.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Adult Services
Librarian Mary Kim Dodson in Oro Valley at 520-229-5304 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday July 28, 2011
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by archaeologist Allen Dart at Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 West
Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona
1 to 2:30 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses historically known sky-watching practices of various
southwestern peoples, and how their ancestors’ observations of the
heavens may have been commemorated in ancient architecture and rock
symbols. The program illustrates cardinal, solstice, and equinox
alignments and possible calendrical reckoning features at such places as
Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins and Picture Rocks petroglyph sites, New
Mexico’s Chaco Canyon archaeological district, the Hovenweep area of
Utah, and the Mesa Verde and Chimney Rock regions of Colorado. Mr. Dart
also offers interpretation of how these discoveries may relate to ancient
Native American ritual.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Adult Services
Librarian Mary Kim Dodson in Oro Valley at 520-229-5304 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the presentation subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Saturday August 6, 2011
Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Pima County
Natural Resources Parks and Recreation at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park,
3482 E. River Road, Tucson. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council.
10-11 a.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Meg Quinn at Tucson
telephone 520-615-7855 ext 6 or [log in to unmask]; for information about
the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday September 15, 2011 [Rescheduled from May 19, 2011]
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: "The Ballcourt Society and the Ritual Creation of Hohokam
Culture" with archaeologist Henry D. Wallace at 5252 South Mission Road,
Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s group
menu)
A host of major changes in pottery decoration, as well as new ceremonies,
ritual architecture, and ballcourts with raised embankments, all showed
up in southern Arizona around A.D. 800. Just within the span of a
generation, these changes appear to have affected an ethnically diverse
range of populations all across southern and central Arizona. Our speaker
this month will discuss how this may have come about through a
revitalization movement and the creation of social networks that bound
the region together with a common ideology and ritual framework,
fostering economic interrelationships and population growth.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program, Henry D.
Wallace, is a Senior Research Archaeologist at Desert Archaeology, Inc.
in Tucson. He has 30 years of archaeological experience in Mexico, Costa
Rica, and especially southern and central Arizona, and is the author of
“Hohokam Beginnings” in the recent volume The Hohokam Millennium edited
by Suzanne and Paul Fish.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
group menu, which includes choice of five entrees (each includes iced tea
or coffee). There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday September 14.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturdays Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov. 19, & Dec. 17, 2011
plus five Saturdays TBA between Jan. 7 & May 19, 2012
“Cultural Resources Survey Techniques and Practice” 60-hour class with
Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart; classroom sessions (20
hours) at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson
Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla
Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park, Tucson; fieldwork sessions
(40 hours) in undeveloped areas within 70 miles of Tucson.
Classroom sessions 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each Saturday September 17,
October 22, November 19, and December 17, 2011; plus any five of the
following ten 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday fieldwork sessions: Jan. 7,
Jan. 21, Feb. 4, Feb. 18, March 3, March 17, April 7, April 21, May 5,
and May 19, 2012 (sign up in advance, first come first served).
Thanks to an anticipated grant from Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation
we expect to be able to offer this class at a reduced-rate fee of only
$60 per person. Under our ageement for the grant, persons who register
for this class must also maintain at least a $40-per-year membership with
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center or Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary during
the full class term. Maximum enrollment is 12 persons.
Cultural resources survey is the process of initial discovery,
evaluation, determination of location, and preliminary mapping and
recording of archaeological sites. Accordingly, this course includes four
5-hour classroom sessions and five 8-hour fieldwork sessions led by Allen
Dart, a Registered Professional Archaeologist (see www.rpanet.org), to
teach participants how different types of surveys are organized, to
provide training and experience in recognizing and evaluating
archaeological sites, and to teach basic orienteering, site recording,
and mapping techniques. Course objectives are to ensure that the student
is qualified to participate in cultural resources surveys directed by
professional archaeologists. Training will be provided in archaeological
site identification, recording, and interpretation; use of degree-reading
compass and global positioning systems (GPS) equipment; interpretation of
aerial photographs and topographic maps; and field photography.
Persons who complete the class satisfactorily are eligible for the
“Survey Techniques” certification from the Arizona Archaeological Society
(AAS) provided that they are current members of the AAS (a separate
organization from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center) and are enrolled in the
AAS Certification Program. For AAS Certification the student must
successfully complete all written and administrative work assigned,
submit a brief final report of fieldwork undertaken, and pass an
instructor's evaluation of classroom and field work. For full course
description and AAS certification requirements visit the following
Arizona Archaeological Society web pages:
www.azarchsoc.org/
www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm
www.azarchsoc.org/cert_courses.htm
www.azarchsoc.org/cert_manual.htm
www.azarchsoc.org/cert_manual.htm
Registration deadline September 14, 2011. Reservations required:
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Friday September 23, 2011
“Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Fall Equinox Archaeological
Sites” guided tour departing from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To celebrate the autumnal equinox, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros,
an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock
mortars, and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a
solstice and equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical
animals, and other rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650
and 1450.
LIMITED TO 32 PEOPLE. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
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Saturday October 1, 2011
Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop with flintknapper Allen
Denoyer at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in
Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service Center, just west of La
Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park)
9 a.m. to noon. $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members) fee includes all materials and
equipment.
Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone
artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping
expert Allen Denoyer provides participants with hands-on experience and
learning on how prehistoric people made and used projectile points and
other tools created from obsidian and other stone. The class is designed
to help modern people understand how prehistoric Native Americans made
traditional crafts, and is not intended to train students how to make
artwork for sale. Minimum enrollment 6, maximum 8.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Tuesdays October 4 through December 6, 2011
"Prehistory of the Southwest: The Hohokam Culture of Southern Arizona"
class with archaeologist Allen Dart at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center,
2201 W. 44th Street at Tucson Unified School District’s Ajo Service
Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd., ½-mile north of John F. Kennedy
Park, Tucson.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday evening October 4 through December 6,
2011. Fee $50 ($40 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande
Museum Auxiliary members), not counting cost of text recommended for the
course. Minimum enrollment 8, maximum 32.
A series of ten 2-hour class sessions will be offered by archaeologist
Allen Dart in this "Advanced Prehistory of the Southwest" class, which
explores the archaeology of the Hohokam culture of the American
Southwest. Developed by the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) for its
Certification Program (see www.azarchsoc.org/certification.htm), the
class includes discussions of Hohokam origins, subsistence and settlement
systems, social and organizational systems, material culture including
ceramics, other artifacts, and architecture, interaction within and
beyond the Hohokam culture’s regional boundaries, and ideas on religion
and trade. The AAS’s basic “Prehistory of the Southwest” class is
recommended as a prerequisite but this is negotiable with the instructor.
Each student is expected to prepare a BRIEF research report to be
presented orally or in written form.
Reservations required, registration deadline Oct. 1: 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask] to register or for more information.
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Thursday October 13, 2011
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for the Arizona Archaeological Society Phoenix Chapter at Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the
"Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological
evidence of ancient astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Ellie Large in
Phoenix at 480-461-0563 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday October 20, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday October 19.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday November 12, 2011
"Deer Valley & Spur Cross Ranch Petroglyphs & Pueblo Ruins” guided
archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen Dart, starting
at Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $35 ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelley Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and the rock art museum at Deer
Valley Rock Art Center north of Phoenix, and more petroglyphs in Spur
Cross Ranch Regional Park near Carefree, Arizona. Deer Valley Rock Art
Center features a museum with video, artifacts, interpretive signs, and a
gift shop. Along its outdoor, quarter-mile-long rock art trail we’ll view
some of the 47-acre preserve’s 1,571 known petroglyphs, which range from
700 to 10,000 years old and represent the Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan
cultures. The Spur Cross Conservation Area intermediate-level hike is
about 3 miles roundtrip and takes about 3 hours of hill-climbing to a
Hohokam pueblo and two petroglyph sites. Bring your own picnic lunch and
water, wear comfortable hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Thursday November 17, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: “Soil Changes in Ancient Agricultural Systems of the
American Southwest” with archaeologist Jeffrey Homburg, at [restaurant to
be announced], Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
Although numerous southwestern archaeological studies have focused on
irrigation canals, the soils that were irrigated with those canals have
received far less attention. Soil studies of irrigation systems along the
Gila and Santa Cruz rivers of Arizona now underway will help fill this
research gap. In this presentation our guest speaker will discuss
archaeological traces of ancient agricultural field systems that persist
and remain intact, allowing archaeologists to recognize that soil changes
are highly variable, ranging from degradation to minimal net change to
enhanced soil quality.
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is Jeffrey A.
Homburg, Ph.D., Director of Geosciences for the Tucson-based Statistical
Research cultural resource management company.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday November 16.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Saturday November 19, 2011
Atlatl and Spear Making Workshop with archaeologist Allen Denoyer at Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson (in Tucson Unified
School District's Ajo Service Center, just west of La Cholla Blvd.,
½-mile north of John F. Kennedy Park).
9 a.m. to noon. $45 ($36 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
In this workshop archaeologist Allen Denoyer teaches you how to fashion
traditional atlatls and wooden spears like those utilized by ancient
peoples worldwide, using natural materials. Spear shafts are straightened
by heat-curing over an open fire. Bring your own pocketknife to carve the
wood, all other equipment is provided. Minimum attendance 6, maximum 10.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Saturday December 3, 2011
“White Tank Mountains – Petroglyphs of Waterfall Canyon & Mesquite
Canyon” guided archaeological site tour with Shelley Rasmussen and Allen
Dart, starting at White Tank Mountain Regional Park Visitor Center, 13025
N. White Tank Mountain Road in Waddell.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fee $30 ($24 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members) includes all park entry fees
Maricopa County Parks Interpretive Ranger Shelly Rasmussen (an
archaeological Site Steward) and archaeologist Allen Dart guide this tour
to see hundreds of ancient petroglyphs in the 30,000-acre White Tank
Mountain Regional Park west of Phoenix. Tour includes a 3-hour walk along
the 2.5-mile-roundtrip, fairly flat Black Rock Loop Trail to see and
photograph dozens of Archaic and Hohokam petroglyphs; lunch at ramadas
with picnic facilities; then afternoon visits to three petroglyph sites
with Archaic and Hohokam rock art in a 3-hour, 2.5-mile-roundtrip hike
along the Mesquite Canyon trail, which includes some bush-whacking and
boulder-hopping. Bring your own picnic lunch and water, wear comfortable
hiking shoes.
Reservations required: 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Thursday December 15, 2011
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” dinner
& presentation: ****[Program title & speaker to be arranged] at ****[
restaurant to be announced]**** , Tucson
6 to 8:30 p.m. Free (Order your own dinner off of the restaurant’s menu)
****[Description to be provided later.]
Old Pueblo’s guest speaker for this “dinner-format” program is ****TBA.
Guests may select and purchase their own dinners from the restaurant’s
general menu. There is no entry fee but donations will be requested to
benefit Old Pueblo’s educational efforts. The restaurant needs advance
notice to schedule staff and must limit seating to comply with the fire
code, so reservations are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday December 14.
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday December 22, 2011
“Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs
Archaeological Sites” departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road &
Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona
8 a.m. to noon. $15 ($12 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo
Grande Museum Auxiliary members)
To explore ancient people’s recognition of solstices and other
calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology
Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient
village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt and bedrock mortars, and
to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and
equinox marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other
rock symbols made by Hohokam Indians between A.D. 650 and 1450. LIMITED
TO 32 PEOPLE.
Reservations required. 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
**** IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about
the above-listed activity please reply with “Send flyer” and INCLUDE THE
EVENT’S DATE in your email subject line.
Tuesday January 10, 2012
“Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians” free
presentation by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist
Allen Dart, for Agua Fria Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at
Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, Arizona;
Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council
6-7 p.m. Free
The Hohokam Native American culture flourished in southern Arizona from
the sixth through fifteenth centuries. Hohokam artifacts, architecture,
and other material culture provide archaeologists with clues for
identifying where the Hohokam lived, for interpreting how they adapted to
the Sonoran Desert for centuries, and explaining why the Hohokam culture
mysteriously disappeared. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
illustrates the material culture of the Hohokam and presents possible
interpretations about their relationships to the natural world, their
time reckoning, religious practices, beliefs, and deities, and possible
reasons for the eventual demise of their way of life. The program
features slides of Hohokam artifacts, rock art, and other cultural
features, a display of authentic prehistoric artifacts, and recommended
readings for more information about the Hohokam. Funding for program
provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
For event details contact Vince Waldron in Glendale at 602-543-6634 or
[log in to unmask]; for information about the activity subject
matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone 520-798-1201 or
[log in to unmask]
Thursday January 26, 2012
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, for Verde Valley
Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Sedona Public Library, 3250
White Bear Road, Sedona, Arizona. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8 p.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Linda Krumrie in
Sedona at 928-451-4790 or [log in to unmask]; for information
about the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson
telephone 520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Wednesday March 14, 2012
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart,
for Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, monthly
meeting at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, 6502 E. Cave
Creek Road, Cave Creek, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona Humanities
Council.
7-8 p.m. Free.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the
"Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological
evidence of ancient astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kathryn Frey in
Carefree at 480-695-2609 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Thursday March 22, 2012
“Archaeology and Cultures of Arizona” free presentation by Old Pueblo
Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart, at Queen Valley
RV Resort, 50 W. Oro Viejo Drive, Queen Valley (east of Apache Junction),
Arizona. Cosponsored by Arizona Humanities Council.
7-8 p.m. Free.
Many different peoples have contributed to making Arizona such a unique
and fascinating cultural place. In this program archaeologist Allen Dart
summarizes and interprets the archaeology of Arizona from the earliest
“Paleoindians” through Archaic period hunters and foragers, the
transition to true village life, and the later prehistoric archaeological
cultures (Puebloan, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, Salado, and Patayan). He
also discusses connections between archaeology and history, and provides
an overview of the Native American, European, Mexican, African, and Asian
peoples who have formed our state’s more recent history. Funding for
program provided by the Arizona Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Sally Phillips in
Queen Valley at 520-463-2300 or [log in to unmask]; for information about
the presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
Saturday March 31, 2012
“Southwestern Rock Calendars and Ancient Time Pieces” free presentation
by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's director, archaeologist Allen Dart for
Arizona Site Stewards Conference at the historic La Posada Hotel, 303 E.
2nd Street (Route 66) in Winslow, Arizona. Cosponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
7:30-9 p.m. Free
Native Americans in the Southwest developed sophisticated skills in
astronomy and predicting the seasons, centuries before Old World peoples
first entered the region. In this presentation archaeologist Allen Dart
discusses the petroglyphs at Picture Rocks, the architecture of the
"Great House" at Arizona's Casa Grande Ruins, and other archaeological
evidence of ancient astronomy and calendrical reckoning; and interprets
how these discoveries may have related to ancient Native American
rituals. Funding for this program is being provided by the Arizona
Humanities Council.
No reservations needed. For meeting details contact Kristen McLean at
602-542-7389 or [log in to unmask]; for information about the
presentation subject matter contact Allen Dart at Tucson telephone
520-798-1201 or [log in to unmask]
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Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s mission is to educate children and adults
to understand and appreciate archaeology and other cultures, to foster
the preservation of archaeological and historical sites, and to develop a
lifelong concern for the importance of nonrenewable resources and
traditional cultures. Old Pueblo is recognized as a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization under the U.S. tax code, therefore donations
and Old Pueblo membership fees are tax-deductible up to amounts allowed
by the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are a member of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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would become a member so you can provide more support for our education
and research programs and receive membership benefits. You can become a
member by going to Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s
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All of us at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center appreciate your support!
Regards,
Allen Dart, RPA, Executive Director
Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
PO Box 40577
Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA
(520) 798-1201 office, (520) 798-1966 fax
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